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...It is at risk of a downgrade by rating agency S&P Global if it spends more than $20bn on spectrum and its earnings are flat this year....
...In terms of the impact, we expect that this will continue to drive prices up for the near future, while the insurers most exposed are Swiss Re (via P&C Re and Corporate Solutions), Allianz (via AGCS), AXA...
...more of a primary event), UK P&C (~14% of premium), and then the multilines (~10%)....
...Yesterday afternoon we looked at what happened to the S&P 500 in the week, six months, and one year after these last 7 emergency cuts....
...The division is margin dilutive to the Group at a c.13% operating margin (Group c.18-19%)....
...This is reflected in the comments made by the C-Suite executives in these brief profiles....
...The productivity growth rate of US hospitals has been underestimated by the official data, which fail to properly adjust for the severity of patient illness, according to a study by John A Romley, Dana P...
...C....
...Ivanhoe, valued at some C$13bn ($20bn), has a poison pill that could reduce Rio’s stake through a share issue to other investors....
...ENRC, up 1.9 per cent to 973½p, Kenmare Resources, ahead 7.7 per cent to 49p, and First Quantum Minerals, up 1 per cent to £87.50, were listed among the most likely targets for Chinese buyers....
...ENRC shares fell 25p to 899½p....
...Among the gainers, C&W Worldwide was 4.5 per cent higher at 77½p on the back of an upgrade from Goldman Sachs, which said after a survey of purchasing managers that the telecoms group was well positioned...
...Writers such as Isaac Asimov and Arthur C Clarke have influenced the way scientists think about space exploration and robotics, while borderline SF writers such as the late JG Ballard have crossed over into...
...In addition, a slew of investment houses, including Schroders and F&C, have climate change funds that invest partly in agriculture-related companies....
...per cent to 473½p....
...This is denoted by the symbol p....
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